Labels

Brown Ideye, Madu make Super Eagles return

Greece
based striker, Brown Ideye and Kingsley MAdu will make their Super Eagles
return in two International friendly games billed for May 27 and June 1.

Brown
Ideye, one of the stars of the 2013 AFCON winning team missed out on the party
to the World Cup in Brazil a year later and has not played for the Super Eagles
since November 16, 2013 against Ethiopia in Calaber as he was overlooked by
Stephen Keshi, Sunday Oliseh and Samson Siasia.

Madu,
on the other hand has had just two caps for the Super Eagles and has not played
since the 2017 AFCON qualifier against Tanzania in Dare salaam.

But
both players were named on Wednesday afternoon amongst twenty six players for
two friendly matches against Mali on May 27 and Luxemburg on June 1.

Super
Eagles’ Head Coach Salisu Yusuf also called up the likes of John Mikel Obi,
forwards Ahmed Musa and Odion Ighalo and goalkeeper Carl Ikeme for the games.

Yusuf,
installed as interim Head Coach by the NFF last week, has picked a relatively
young squad that also includes former U-20 skipper Musa Muhammed, former U-20
defender Gbenga Arokoyo, former U-23 midfielder Raheem Lawal, and unknown
Portugal –based defender Chidozie Awaziem.